Chat GPT-4o's image generator has bolstered Studio Ghibli-style AI art. The trend is resurfacing Hayao Miyazaki's comments on AI.

Seattle software engineer Grant Slatton and his wife and dog at the beach as seen in an original photograph and the Studio Ghibli-style image, left, that

OpenAI released a new image generator this week, and AI-generated Studio Ghibli slop is now all over the internet. In the livestream demo of the native image generation in ChatGPT and Sora, OpenAI took a selfie and asked the new generator to turn it into an anime frame.

Among animation aficionados Hayao Miyazaki is revered as a living legend, a figure whose influence rivals Walt Disney himself. Since Miyazaki cofounded Studio Ghibli nearly four decades ago, the animation house has released some of the most popular anime films ever made,

Legendary One Piece anime director Megumi Ishitani has called out the Studio Ghibli AI art trend and demands legal action.

The viral Ghibli-style AI art trend, driven by OpenAI's ChatGPT update, raises privacy concerns. Experts warn that sharing personal photos for AI image generation could compromise user privacy, exposing sensitive data and leading to potential misuse.

Studio Ghibli’s ‘Princess Mononoke,’ directed by Hayao Miyazaki, has been re-released in Imax, just as Studio Ghibli became the latest AI-generated trend.

With Studio Ghibli-style edits taking over the internet, let's take a closer look at what Studio Ghibli means, and its distinguished animation style.